News tagged with economic status

Upper class people more likely to cheat: study

The upper class has a higher propensity for unethical behavior, being more likely to believe – as did Gordon Gekko in the movie "Wall Street" – that "greed is good," according to a new study from ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (45) | comments 239 | with audio podcast

The rich have more money but the poor are rich in heart: study

(PhysOrg.com) -- The world could one day be an economically equal place, if the lower-income population have anything to do with it. In an interesting yet disheartening series of socioeconomic experiments, led by a team of ...

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created Aug 18, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (33) | comments 71 | with audio podcast report

Childhood obesity linked to neighborhood social and economic status

Children in King County, Washington, are more likely to be obese if they live in socially disadvantaged neighborhoods. This is according to a team of researchers at Seattle Children's Research Institute, the ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Examining motherly fears

Neighborhood poverty is likely to make a mother more fearful about letting her children play outdoors, according to a new study by sociologists at Rice University and Stanford University.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Informal daycare may harm kids' cognitive development, study finds

Formal daycare is better for a child's cognitive development than informal care by a grandparent, sibling, or family friend, according to a study of single mothers and their childcare choices published in the July issue of ...

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created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: People are more willing to give when they can empathize with poor women's plight

(PhysOrg.com) -- Non-profits aiding the sick or poor could increase charitable donations through ads in which consumers empathize with an actor portraying an unfortunate plight.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Surprising AIDS-treatment benefits, prevention strategy in epidemic regions of Africa

Two teams of researchers at UC San Diego and other U.S. and African universities and the World Bank have documented significant spillover benefits of a drug therapy to combat AIDS symptoms and a novel prevention strategy ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vaccination coverage improves among low-income children, but disparities persist

More children in low-income households are receiving childhood vaccinations on schedule than in previous years, but disparities based on economic status remain, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Pediatrics & ...

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created May 04, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0